Krist Novoselic on his bass technique and tone 

You also misquote him at 3:12 he says distortion box, not instruction box

When I was first learning bass in high school my buddy's dad suggested I try a lesson at the local guitar store, see if I could learn something new. The teacher just asked me if there were any basslines I wanted to learn from my favorite songs. I picked out a Nirvana song I loved and the teacher started out with this "Oh yeah this is simple you just do this" attitude. I kept pointing out all the subtle changes he was missing, and he'd be like "Oh dang you're right" and have to figure out that next part. Took him awhile but by the end of it he was impressed with the complexity and constant changes & switch-ups in the bass part. That's impressive to write parts that fit so well you can ignore them and they just blend into the song, but if you pay attention there's complexity and changes and switch-ups to hear.

Dear head, Krist is not, "an unsung hero" to people who play music or those who listen closely. He is quite literally a one person band who often carried the complete timing, riffs, sound and yes, sonic vocals by himself! Krist, you are the man, in my book! 😊 sfp

@@CT-ho6siyeah Krist is going off

No, he’s not.

He’s been called “unsung” so many times for so many years that he’s definitely not unsung.

Chris who?

@@gilbertcrespin5631 Oh my god, shut up and do any form of research jfc

😂. I about spit out my coffee lmao.

Lol, I've been thinking for years that old Chris looks like Dr Phil. 😂 They should start a band called The Twinsies and recruit the drummer from RHCP and Will Ferrell. I'd go to that concert for sure.

Is it out of sync, or is it literally someone else speaking over the video? Cuz it's not just the timing that's off.

only the first clip is actually from the interview, i just put footage of another Krist interview from roughly the same time over top of the audio for the second one

are you using bluetooth sound device ?

i've been thinking of remastering some of their interviews to clean them up and make them easier to hear

You clearly never been at the circus or at a jazz bar.

it was likely an impromptu interview in a public place. the footage is from a different interview from TV. unfortunate place for an audio interview for sure

@@rarestnirvana Ah that makes sense. Thanks for your reply!

Lmao I start using my real voice and people still think it’s AI 😭

Are you deaf

what band do you play in?

I see I struck a chord , pun intended... I saw your videos, and by your technique or lack thereof, Krist is probably your favourite bassist. Doesn't look like you're in a band either....

This is a very subjective stance

@@Owen-ne6pe From someone who seems like they feel they have a lot to prove, too

the clip is actually from a different interview, I just wanted interview footage of Krist from the same time period playing in the background

@@rarestnirvana Ok, that's disappointing...

lmfao`

You must be deaf....

i feel like Krist gets overlooked for his brilliant composition skills just cause he was standing next to Kurt. all his basslines are exactly what the song needed

Definitely not of all time. Far better bassists. But a good bassist Krist is, yeah.

It’s not complex stuff, but you forget how funky he is. (Not in a slappin’ & poppin’ way.. but he has a swing to his playing that’s all him).

I enjoyed his playing, but he wasn’t an amazing bassist. His stuff was very rudimentary.

🤣🤣🤣😅😅😂😂😂😂 You Fool 🤣🤣😂😅😅😂

lolol

Lmao

oh wow, if you ever get your hands on it a lot of people would love to hear/read it!

@@rarestnirvana Another encounter my family has had with Nirvana was in the 80's my grandpa was a huge poetryhead and where we're from in Portland, he used to do poetry readings at this library place with a stage. One day, He was reading poetry, and went away for a few seconds to go check the book, and in those few seconds, a woman got on the stage, sat on a chair facing the audience, and started masturbating. That woman was Courtney. This was before she was even in Hole, i don't know if she was crazy or something but it was confirmed. my grandpa and the hundreds that were at the reading confirmed the story is true & she got some kind of legal punishment i believe probably indecent exposure or whatever.

Nothing interesting about that band, ever

Everyone plays what’s best for the song, but their personal style still exists. To say a bassist should play like another bassist is bizarre. You simply have no concept that everyone plays to please themselves, and adjusts when necessary to fit into a band.

I mean, sure. You can play any chord tone, the third, the flat 7, the sixth, whatever the hell you want over anything. It's somewhat interesting and surprising here to play the fifth where everywhere else it's roots. Of course, root-fifth is the basic backbone to fall back on in any bass part, but a lot of the time the fifth sounds weird as the main tone, without ever playing the root to precede. Here, I wouldn't have thought to throw in a fifth instead of the root, unless it was part of some scale descending or ascending part. So, it's kinda cool. I mean, you don't have to think so, and you obviously don't.

I mean he still mostly was writing the songs because, Krist is working off Kurts guitar and vocal melodies, they're the foundation he's following, so the impetus for krists contribution is Kurts work and creations.

what did you expect. interpretive dance? 😭

What are you yappin about